17 x 14 Alpine Blacktail

[~T-BONE~]

Well I got my meat buck out of the way and what a fat bugger he was! 2 1/2 inches in places he should be some good eats fersure. Not a monsterous rack but one thing is that his bases are a stagering 7 1/2 and 8 inches around.

After a grueling 3hr bushwacking hike (no trail) I arrived at the edge of the sub alpine only to see all the slide alders raked to death! This got me excited.. I geared down and proceeded slowly only to bump the buck minutes after. I took a 300 yard uphill shoot only to cleanly miss. Ohwell I'll try again in the morning. Well as luck wasn't on my side I awoke to a terencial down pour. Oh well, so i moved to the large spruce .. so another fire and waited for daylight, not knowing that the rain and heavy clouds wouldn't lift till 4pm that next day made for a long wait. Once things cleared enough for me to see a couple hundred yards I ventured in a large loop.. I started to double back side hilling about 700 or so feet from where I hunkered down only to look down the shale slope to see a group of mountain ash to be swaying weirdly! I put my scope up and well there he was thrashing away. One shot and he was taken right off of his feet and tumbled 150 yards to his death bed.
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It was a real grunt to get him out boned out from end to end plus all my gear it took all I had. Some mending to my pack was needed as I broke both shoulder straps. Serves me right for not making 2 trips. One more night was spent on the mouintain and about 4hrs after first light I was back at my truck.

[locdog_99]

haha u forgot to put up some pictures

[4pointer]

17 x 14?? that beats my buck!:-o Nice buck congrats

[Alpine85]

Good job man, looks wet!!!

[huntcoop]

Nice buck, what does 17x14 mean?

[Paulyman]

Wow, that's quite the trek i'm very impressed

people always make jokes about Chuck Norris being tough, I think it's gonna go a little someting like this from now on

Why doesn't T-bone get a brain freeze from slurpees?........

A: cause even a slurpee know's when to back the @#!* off


Seriously, that's an amazing accomplishment good on you!

[frenchbar]

Im guessing its rack is 17 in wide and 14 in tall.

[Chuck]

Definitely alright!

[~T-BONE~]

Im guessing its rack is 17 in wide and 14 in tall.

Thanks for the compliments. I figured the title might get some attention as it sounds a bit better than 2x2 with eye guards..

[ruger#1]

Nice buck there T, all im finding is bears and coyotes. lots of deer tracks. Just have to find a buck in them.

[Marc]

Nice looking buck, nothing wrong with that fella.

[Will]

Thanks for the compliments. I figured the title might get some attention as it sounds a bit better than 2x2 with eye guards..
Well someone knows how the internet works........:lol: ;)

Great Buck nonetheless !
Nice ! :cool:

[Thunderstix]

Awesome! I like the pose you set up, looks he was sleeping.

[kishman]

Great story and pics, thanks for sharing and congrats on a nice Buck.

[lapadat]

TBONE> Beauty high country buck. 17x14.......jeesh you shouldn't pull that crap on a fellow BT hunter.

Nice work sticking it out in the brutal weather....nothing like being rewarded for toughing it out.

Tarpman and I also chased some alpine deer around this weekend in the pouring rain and snow....we managed to pull out a respectable 3 pt....pics and story later.

Anyway, we need to get out and harass those big 4 pt'ers soon.

Lap

[stanway]

Nice job T-Bone. Great way to start the season.

Thanks for sharing the story and pictures.

:biggrin:

[Th0r]

Nice Buck and story. Thanks for sharing. Lots of effort and deserved success.:lol:

[browningboy]

Nice T, good looking blacktail!

[dana]

T,
Nice looking blackie. You always seem to get r done every year. Way to go! Just one question though, 7 1/2 inch bases? What, were ya measuring the circumference of the pedicle? LOL!

[Elkhound]

looks really fat......nice buck

[srupp]

Great job T-Bone..as usual...

Steven

[BlacktailStalker]

Good buck, more than adequate for a meat buck. Bring on the hat rack :)

[pmj]

Very nice buck. Good job!

[Tarp Man]

T-Bone, that is a great looking buck. I have a whole new respect for guys who pack out their meat. It is WAY harder than it looks. Congratulations, Lapadat and I have some catching up to do if we are goin to catch up with your blacktail records!